Bag-holder



E. ERICKSON.

BAG HOLDER.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1920.

Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I- vIE. ERICKSON.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1920.

Patented Sept. 21, 1920.;

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nnioK ERICKSON, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, iviinnnso'rn; j

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Application filed March 25, 1920. Serial No. 368,637.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERICK Enroxsoiv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple and highly efficient bag holder, and to this end, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

, In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings 2- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved bag holder having secured thereto a bag diagrammatically illustrated by means of broken lines;

Fig. 2 is a detail View in section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a plan view vof the rim with the binding cord slack;

Fig. 4c is a vertical section taken on the line 4.4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view in section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

The numeral 6 indicates a base having a standard 7 on which is mounted a vertically adjustable horizontal arm 8 held in position by a binding screw 9. A horizontally disposed transversely divided rim 10 is provided for holding a bag Z with the mouth thereof open. The ends of this rim 10 are overlapped and adjustably connected by a thumb-nut-equipped clamp 11. By reference to Fig. 3, it will be noted that the outer end of the rim 10 is bent laterally to prevent the clamp 11 from becoming detached therefrom. The purpose of transversely dividing and overlapping the ends of the rim 10 is to permit the same to be circumferentially expanded or contracted to fit in different size bags. On the lower edgeof the rim 10 is an outturned annular flan e 12 tolprevent the bag Z from slipping off t e rim 0.

The rim 10 is suspended from the arm 8 by a two-part bail 13, which extends through a transverse slot 14 in the top of the arm 8, and the sections of said bail are pivoted PATENT OFFICE". 1

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attheir adjacentends on a pin 15 secured in the arm 8 and extending through the slot 1%. To prevent swingingmovement of the rim l0 and hail 13, there is provided an upright rod 16 having on its lower end a hook 17 adapted to interlock with said rim from the inside. The upper end of the rod 16 extends through a longitudinally extended slot 18 formed in the arm 8 and is adjustably secured to said arm against both endwise and lateral movement in the slot 18 by a pair of opposing nuts 19, which have screw-threaded engagement therewith.

To secure the bag Z to the rim 10 and draw the same over the flange 12, there is provided a binding cord 20, one end of which is attached to the rim 8 at 21 and the other end thereof is attached to a sliding clamp 22 on the rim 10. This binding cord 20 extends completely around the rim 10 with its ends overlapped for a considerable distance to hold the bag Ztightly against the rim 10 at all points, so'that the same can not slip downward over the flange 12.

In applying a bag to the rim 10, the clamp 22 is first moved in a direction to produce slack in the bindingcord 20 to permit the mouth of the bag to be placed around the rim 10 and under the binding cord 20. The cord 20 is then tightly drawn around the sack Z and secured by the clamp 22 to hold the same on the rim 10 and over the flange 12. By loosening the clamp 11, the rim 10 may be circumferentially adjusted to fit within bags of different sizes, and the purpose of the two part bail 13 is to permit this adjustment of the rim. After the rim 10 is properly adjusted to a bag, the rod 16 may be adjusted in the slot 18 and secured by the nuts 19 to prevent swinging movement of the rim 10 and hail 13. The arm 8 may be raised or lowered to adjust the bag holder for bags of different lengths.

The above described invention, while extremely simple and of comparatively small cost to manufacture, is thought to be highly oircumferentially adjustable and contraeti-' means for securing a bag to the rim, and a ble rim having a flange on its lower edge, rod connecting the to the'arrn, said rod and a binding cord adapted to be secured being adjustably secured to the arm for 10 around the rim. 7 a a movement toward and from the bail and 2. In a bag holder, the'oombination With raising or lowering movement. a supporting arm, of a rim, a two-part bail In testimony whereof I afiix my si nature. pivoted to the arm and attached to the rim, ERICK ERICI SON. 

